Merry and Archie grew a lot of pumpkins but could only enter one of them in the giant pumpkin contest. There was a lively debate at the Woodpile as to what could be done with the rest of the pumpkins. The ideas range from the traditional, like a pumpkin carving contest, to the adventurous, like making boats out of them and racing them down the Merrimac River. After days of debate, the Woodpile finally came to a compromise. We would have a carving contest for the best looking boat and then race them. We went out to the pumpkin patch to pitch the idea to Merry and Archie. We found them busy selling the LAST of their pumpkins to their competitors. It seems they had won the giant pumpkin contest and everyone wanted to buy seeds from their patch for next year’s contest. They were happy to sell, which seemed a bit odd. But they let us in on the secret. Genetics only accounted for 50% of the success of a giant pumpkin. The other 50% was the secret formula they fed their pumpkins. They had nothing to fear from their competitors.
In all our excitement for their spectacular win, we almost forgot about why we came to the pumpkin patch in the first place. There was a collective sigh of disappointment when everyone saw the empty patch. Everyone was ready return to the Woodpile when Merry and Archie pulled some leaves off a pumpkin they had saved especially for the Woodpile. A quick council was convened, and it was decided since we only had one pumpkin, we would just throw a Great Pumpkin party instead.
In order to get to the party, you had to successfully find your way through a corn maze. The maze was designed by Vinnie using his super computer. According to his calculations, it would take a minimum of two hours to find your way through it. But, he miscalculated. We just followed the smell of Guinness flavored sunflowers seeds at the party and got there in no time!
A new dance move was invented at the party called "walk like a pumpkin.” It mimicked the curvature of the pumpkin stem.
I took a break from the dancing to have a snack.
I heard a disembodied voice say, “I am the Great Pumpkin, who dares eat my sunflower seeds?”
I got out of there in a hurry.
Turns out, it was just Chippy Jr. playing a practical joke on dad from on top of the Woodpile!
Selfies with the “Great Pumpkin” were popular.
A line of critters waiting to get their photo with the pumpkin had formed.
One ‘munk spent too much time trying the find the perfect pose. When he did, another ‘munk jumped into his photo, and everyone started to laugh.
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